Electrically controlled drilling machine, particularly for drilling deep holes



Oct. 30, 1956 2,768,539

J. WOLLENHAUPT ET AL ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED DRILLING MACHINE,PARTICULARLY FOR DRILLING DEEP HOLES Filed March 17, 1952 3 Sheets-Sheetl I Mmnwrae I ZZZ Oct. 30, 1956 Y J. WOLLENHAUPT ET AL 2,763,539

ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED DRILLING MACHINE, PARTICULARLY FOR DRILLING DEEPHOLES Filed March 17, 952

3 Sheets-Sheet 2 2,768,539 ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED DRILLING MACHINE,PARTICULARLY Oct. 30, 1956 J. WOLLENHAUPT ETAL FOR DRILLING DEEP HOLES 3Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed March 17, 1952 \W WI 7/ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\R QM, I WII I mnun'ilil'inmm mm l/VVEWIOA W I Wm United States Patent ELECTRICALLYCONTROLLED DRILLING MA- CHINE, PARTICULARLY FOR DRILLING DEEP HOLESJakob Wollenhaupt, Remscheid-Hasten,

Maecker, Dusseldorf, Germany and Kurt The present invention relates todrilling machines and, more particularly, to electrically controlleddr1ll1ng machines, especially for drilling deep holes.

With drilling machines heretofore known, the feed is derived eitherdirectly from the bore spindle or from the bore spindle drive through ashiftable clutch. Also, the fast feed may be derived from the borespindle drive through a shiftable magnetic clutch.

Among others, it is an object of the present invent-ion to provide anelectrically controlled drilling machine, particularly for drilling deepholes, in which means are provided adapted clearly to indicate themovement and the extent of said movement for removing the bore chipsfrom the bore being drilled.

This object and others will appear more clearly from the followingspecification in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 diagrammatically illustrates a drilling machine according to thepresent invention, said figure showing a special motor for removing thebore chips from the bore being drilled and also showing the rapidtraverse unit.

Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic illustration of the so-called pilgrim steparrangement.

Fig. 3 illustrates a slight enlargement of a part of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a section along the line IVIV of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 diagrammatically illustrates the drilling machine with a rapidtraverse unit and the shiftingcontrol-cam mechanism pertaining thereto.

Fig. 6 is a side view of the arrangement shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 represents an embodiment including a control disc which is drivenby a special transmission motor.

Fig. 8 is an arrangement in which the control disc is actuated by afeed-speed-drive.

Fig. 9 is a still further modification of the present invention.

Fig. 9a represents a detail of the arrangement shown in Fig. 9.

General arrangement According to an embodiment of the present inventionwhich is selected by way of example, a fast speed motor and a feed motorare being used, both of which act upon the output shaft through aplanetary gear transmission and the switching off and reversal thereofis effected when the drill head hits a fixed abutment.

The transmission comprises a sensitive fixed abutmentdisconnectingmechanism adapted to acuate electric, contacts when the drill head hitsa fixed abutment or when the maximum torque or a predeterminedadjustable feeding pressure has been exceeded.

The said contacts are adapted to bring about the disconnection of thefeed, to make effective the fast return or to cause other actions. Inaddition to operations brought about by the fixed abutments, the devicemay also cause other operations in conformity with the feed pressure. Bymeans of this rapid traverse unit, the normal course of operation'of thevarious steps may be controlled fully automatically.

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The drilling of deep holes requires the so-called pilgrim steparrangement which is as follows:

The drill head moves at fast speed up to the workpiece to be drilled.Thereupon, at the feed speed a predetermined bore of the depth a isdrilled. Thereafter, the table moves backwards at fast speed by thedistance a up to its starting position. chips from the bored hole.Thereupon, the drill head moves at fast speed forwardly by the distancea, i. e. up to that point in the workpiece up to which during the firstpartial stroke the hole was bored, and from there the drill head isadvanced or fed by a further partial stroke so that the length of thebore is again increased by the same distance a as before. Now the drillhead is retracted at fast speed again to its starting position, i. c.this time by the distance 2a, and so forth. When the entire depth of thebore has been drilled, the drill head returns at fast speed to itsinitial starting position. At the end of each partial stroke a, thechips are being removed. During this operation, the drive of thethreaded spindle of the drill head is effected through the fast traversemotor through the transmission mentioned above.

The primary feature of the present invention consists in that a controldisc for measuring the chip removing movement is provided, which discduring the chip removing operation is driven so, that during the fastreturn movement of the drill head, it oscillates out of its normal orrest position, while the said disc during the following fastadvance'performs a return movement over the same distance. When the saiddisc has returned to its initial or starting position, it actuates aswitch which stops the chip removing movement and simultaneously thecontrol disc.

The stroke a corresponds to an angle a by which the control discoscillator during the chip removing movement. During the advance of thedrill head in the direction of the feed, which advance follows the chipremoving movement, the control disc moves by the measured distance backto its initial position.

Structural arrangement feed spindle 13. The bed of the machine isdesignated with the reference numeral 14. The motor 4 which brings aboutthe chip removal movement has a shaft 5 to which is connected a gear 10which latter meshes with a gear 11.-

Gear 11, in turn, engages the rotatable nut 12, journalled on the feedspindle 13. One end of the shaft 5 of the motor 4 has connected theretoa worm 6 engaging a gear 7b fixed to the shaft of a control disc 7 (seeFig. 4) so as to be adapted to drive the same. The control disc 7 isprovided with a cam 7a adapted to actuate a switch 8.

The operation of the device is as follows:

First, the drill head moves at fast speed up to the workpiece. Then aswitch-over is effected to make the feed effective, and the drill headis advanced by the distance a (Fig. 2), i. e. the bore spindle 2 entersthe workpiece by the distance a. At the end of the partial stroke a, thechip removing motor 4 is made effective. The nut 12 is now driven by themotor 4 at fast speed through the gears 10 and 11 so that the drill headis moved away at fast speed from the workpiece and, thus,

the drilling tool is withdrawn from the workpiece, there by effectingthe first removal of the chips. At the end This movement causes theremoval of' of this withdrawal or return movement, a limit switch isactuated which reverses the motor 4. The distance a through which thedrill head moves during the first chip removing movement is reflected onthe control disc 7 by an angle a which is the angle by which said discwas turned. After the limit switch has been actuated at the end of thischip removing movement and after the reversal of the motor 4 broughtabout thereby, the drilling tool again moves into the workpiece in thedirection of the drilling feed. At the same time, the control disc 7turns or oscillates back to its initial or starting position by the sameangle or distance which was measured by said disc during the chipremoving movement. When the control disc 7 arrives at its initial orstarting position, the cam 7a actuates the switch 8 and thus stops themotor 4, while the said motor 16 is made effective.

The drill head now again advances by the distance a. At the end of thispartial stroke a, the chip removing motor 4 is again switched on toeffect the second chip removing operation. Now the drill head isretracted at fast speed by the distance 2a and thus withdraws thedrilling tool and the chips from the workpiece. The distance 2a isreflected on the control disc 7 by an increased angle of rotation 2a.After the reversal of the motor 4 brought about by the above-mentionedswitch, the disc 7 again returns to its initial position and switchesoff the chip removing motor 4, while said motor 16 is again switched onto advance the drilling tool by another partial stroke a. After thispartial stroke a during the advance feed, the drill head is retractedduring the chip removing operation by a distance 3a which corresponds toan angle 311 on the control disc 7. When the total depth of the bore hasbeen drilled out, the fast return is brought about by the fixed abutmentdisconnecting mechanism in the transmission 15, and the spindle isreturned to its initial position by the fast traverse motor 17.

As will be seen from Figs. 3 and 4, the control disc 7 by means of itscontrol cam 7a, contacts the switch 8 which latter rests on a pre-loadedspring 9. The gear 71) fixed to the shaft of the control disc 7 mesheswith a worm 6 connected to the adjacent end of shaft pertaining to thechip removing motor 4.

In Figures 5 and 6, the reference numeral 18 designates the control cammechanism, while the reference numeral 19 designates the controlmechanism of the fast speed-feed-drive unit. The motor 4 arrangedaccording to Fig. 1 for effecting the chip removing movement requires aspecial construction of the drill head unit and of the drilling unit.

The embodiments shown in Figures 7 and 8 however, make it possible touse normal standard units without any special structural changes, to usethe same for drilling deep holes.

According to the embodiment shown in Fig. 7, the chip removing operationis efiected by the fast speed or fast traverse motor. A specialtransmission motor is provided for driving the control disc which motoris switched on, reversed, and switched off simultaneously with the fastspeed motor. The construction shown in Fig. 7 comprises a machine bed 21with a movable drill head 22 adapted to be moved by the feed spindle 23.During the chip removing movement, the drill head 22 is actuated by thefast speed or fast traverse motor 24 through the feed transmission 25.The feed motor is designated with the reference numeral 26. Atransmission motor 27 is connected with the fast speed motor 24 throughan electric synchronous connection 28. The motor 27 drives the controldisc 29 during the chip removing movement through a worm 30 which latteris connected to the shaft 31 of the motor 27. In its initial or normalrest position, the control disc 29 actuates through a control cam 32 aswitch 33 which rests on a spring (not shown in the drawing).

The operation of the arrangement is as follows:

First, the drill head 22 moves at fast or rapid traverse speed up to theworkpiece. Then a switch-over is effected to make the feed effective,and the drill head 22 is by motor 26 advanced by the partial stroke a,i. e. the bore spindle enters into the workpiece by the partial strokea. At the end of said stroke a, the fast speed or rapid traverse motor24 is made effective in the direction of the return movement of thedrill head. Simultaneously, also the transmission motor 27 is madeeffecfive for actuation of the control disc 29. During the returnmovement of the drill head 22 return movement brings about the chipremoval, the control disc 29 turns by an angle a. corresponding to thesaid partial stroke a. At the end of said partial stroke a, i. e. at theend of the first chip removing movement, the fast speed or rapidtraverse motor 24 and the motor 27 are simultaneously reversed. Thedrill head 22 now again moves at fast speed into the workpiece by thesame partial stroke a. At the same time, the control disc 29 oscillatesback to its initial position by the same angle or amount measured duringthe first chip removing operation. When the control disc 29 arrives atits initial position, it actuates by means of its control cam 32 theswitch 33 which causes both motors 24 and 27 to stop. Thereupon thedrilling tool is again advanced by said motor 26 into the workpiece bythe partial stroke a. At this end of the partial stroke a, the fastspeed motor 24 is again made effective together with the transmissionmotor 27 in the direction of the return movement of the drill head 22.The drill head now returns by double the partial stroke, i. e. by 2a, atfast or rapid traverse speed, thereby effecting the second chip removingoperation. During this time, the control disc 29 turns by twice thepartial angle, i. e. by 2a. After the reversal of the two motors 24 and27, the drill head again advances by the distance 2a, and the controldisc 29 turns back into its initial position by the angle 211 whileswitching off both motors 24 and 2:7. Thereupon the drilling tool is bymeans of motor 26 advanced into the workpiece by a further distance a,and so forth.

When the total depth of the bore to be drilled has been reached, thefixed abutment disconnecting mechanism in the feed transmission switcheson the fast return, and the spindle returns to its initial position. Atthe normal speed advance (first speed advance), and during the returnmovement of the drill head, after the drilling operation has beencompleted, the transmission motor for driving the control disc is notinfluenced.

The fast speed or rapid traverse motor 24 and the transmission motor 27for the control disc 29 are designed as braking motors and are brakedfor a short time after the switching off operation has been effected.If, when using normal three-phase motors, nevertheless differences occurin the nominal speeds of rotation, these differences are so small thatthey will not or practically not be noticeable during the individualpartial stroke. In special instances, both motors may be coupled witheach other by means of one of the known synchronous circuits.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, the control disc formeasuring the chip removing movement may also be connected directly tothe fast speed transmission, while a chip removal is again effected bythe fast speed or rapid traverse motor. The connection of' the controldisc with the fast speed advance transmission is then effected by meansof an electro-m'agnetic clutch. This embodiment is illustrated in Fig.8. The structure shown in Fig. 8 comprises a machine bed 41 with amovable drill head 42 carrying the drilling unit with the bore spindle44. The drill head 41 is moved by the feed spindle 43 which latter isdriven by the fast traverse motor 45 and the feed motor 46 through thefeed transmission 47. The connection of the feed transmission 47 withthe feed spindle 43 is effected through gears 48, 49, and 50. Thecontrol disc 51 is connected with the fast speed advance transmission 47through the electro-magnetic clutch 54. The control disc 51, similar tothe arrangement of Fig. 7 is provided with a worm Wheel engaging a worm52 connected to the shaft 53 of clutch 54. The control disc 51 isadapted in its initial or normal rest position to actuate a switch 56 bymeans of a control cam 55. The switch 56 rests upon a spring 57. Thereference numeral 58 designates a bearing for the shaft 53.

The operation of this device is the same as that described in connectionwith Fig. 7. In other words, at the beginning of the chip removingmovement, i. e. when the fast return is being actuated, the clutch 54for the control disc 51 is made eifective together with the fasttraverse motor 45 for the drill head 42. When the fast traverse motor 45is reversed for advancing the drill head, also the control disc 51 isinfluenced in the opposite direction of rotation through the clutch 54and when again reaching its initial position switches off the fasttraverse motor 45 :and simultaneously also the clutch 54.

As will be appreciated from the description so far, the total depth ofthe bore cannot be greater than it would correspond to one completerevolution of the control disc.

Therefore, for a greater bore, a control disc having a greater diameteris required, while for a shorter bore, a control disc of smallerdiameter will be selected. In order to be able to bore holes ofdifferent depth with one and the same control disc, there is, accordingto a further development of the invention, provided an arrangement shownin Figs. 9 and 9a. According to the arrangement shown therein, a controldisc 51 with an actuating cam 55 is connected to a shaft 58 which isprovided with a threaded section 60. As will be clear from Fig. 9, thecontrol disc 51 in response to the rotation of shaft 58 performs atwofold movement, namely while rotating it also moves in the directionof the longitudinal axis of shaft 58, which axial movement is broughtabout by the threaded shaft section 60. The arrangement is such thatafter a complete revolution, the cam 55 does not contact anymore theswitch 56. Consequently, the control disc 51 may then perform as manyrevolutions as the length of the threaded section 60 will permit, whichmeans that bores of different depth may be drilled without having toexchange the disc. In as much as all other parts of Fig. 9 are similarto those described in connection with Fig. 8, no further description ofFig. 9 appears to be necessary. Clutch 54 connects the feed transmissionthrough drive shaft 59 and gears 48, 49 with the control disc 51 whichlatter is adapted to actuate switch 56.

Each time during the advance after the chip removal, precisely when thedrill head hits the workpiece, the feed must be made eifective. In orderto prevent that the feed is made effective too late so that the spindlewould hit the workpiece at the fast speed advance, the arrangementhaving a special chip removing motor according to Figures 1, 3 and 4 issuch that simultaneously with the switching on of the chip removingmotor, the feed motor is made effective in the direction of a withdrawalmovement of the drill head so that the drill head is moved backwardsduring the chip removing operation by about 1 to 2 millimeters. In thisway, it is avoided that bore chips will be present in front of thedrilling tool which might harmfully affect the cutting edge of the tool.Since it would increase the total time required for the drillingoperation, if this additional return movement of the table were toogreat, the time for switching on the feed motor may be limited in regardto the time for switching on the chip removing motor, by a specialtiming mechanism. In order to assure this precision, the chip removingmotor preferably designed as braking motor (motor with adjustable rotoror additional electro-meohanical brake).

According to the embodiments shown in Figures 7 to 9 in which the chipremoval is effected by the fast traverse motor, for the same purpose,the feed motor is during the chip removing operation switched on, inaddition to the fast traverse motor, in the direction of the returnmovement of the table. Inasmuch as both speeds are added together duringth return movement While they are subtracted from each other during theadvance movement, a difference will occur with the next forward movementof the drill head. Thus in view of the differences of the speed ofrotation of the two motors, the drill head will move backwards at ahigher speed than the control disc, however, it will advance at a lowerspeed than the control disc. Thus, the rapid traverse is switched 01fshortly before the end of the already bored distance and the feeding ofthe tool into the workpiece is then switched on. The switching off pointcan precisely be predetermined inasmuch as the rapid traverse isinstantaneously stopped by the electro-magnetic brake in a preciselydetermined position, mostly about 0.5 to 2 millimeters ahead of thematerial.

If desired, the control disc may be provided with a second adjustablecam adapted to actuate a second switch or a second contact of theswitch. This second switch or contact switches off the rapid traversemotor for the drill head spindle already before the control disc hasagain reached its initial position. If the circumference of the controldisc corresponds to the drilling stroke in millimeters, the adjustmentof the second cam will prematurely switch over to feed. If atransmission motor is provided for driving the control disc, such motorwill, after the rapid traverse motor has been switched off, continue torun at the same speed until the control disc has reached its initialposition. The first cam and the first switch in such instance onlyswitch off the transmission motor.

If the control disc is actuated by a clutch, it would, after the rapidtraverse motor has been switched off by the second cam or the secondswitch or contact, move into its initial position at reduced speed inaccordance with the feeding speed of the drill head spindle. At the endof the movement of the control disc, it is merely necessary todisconnect the clutch from the disc by the first cam and the firstswitch. The drill will then have reached precisely the pre-drilledposition, and now a further partial stroke will begin.

The partial stroke a may be adjusted by a timing mechanism or otheradjustable contact effecting means.

The initiation of the chip removing movement may also be effected bymeans of a fixed abutment disconnecting mechanism in the feedtransmission as mentioned above. The fixed abutment spring in thetransmission is then adjusted so that a slight increase in the boringpressure which increase will occur after a certain but not preciselyadjustable bore depth, will suffice for initiating the chip removingprocess. If desired also a new operation may be made effective by theincrease of the drilling torque. To this end, the drill is received by anormal torque safety chuck. This safety chuck may be an appropriateslide clutch so that the drill, after a predetermined torque has beenexceeded, will simply stop. Since, however, the feed continues, therewill automatically be produced an increase in pressure which willactuate the fixed abutment switch and thus bring about the chip removingoperation.

It is, of course, understood that the present invention is, by no means,limited to the particular constructions shown in the drawing but alsocomprises any modifications within the scope of the appended claims.

What we claim is:

1. An electrically controlled drilling machine, particularly fordrilling deep holes, which comprises in combination: a reciprocabledrill head for supporting a drilling tool, driving means having drivingconnection with said drill head for selectively advancing or retractingsaid drill head at a fast speed, a control disc oscill-atably journalledin said drill head and operable to measure the retraction stroke of saiddrill head for removal of bore chips, said control disc normallyoccupying an initial or rest position relative to said drill head, meanseffecting driving connection between said driving means and said controldisc and operable to cause said control disc during the fast retractionmovement of said drill head to turn away from its initial or restposition and during the subsequent fast advance movement of said drillhead to return to its initial or rest position, switch means operativelyconnected by said control disc with said driving means thereby inresponse to the return of said disc to its initial or rest position saidfast advance movement of said drill head is terminated and said disc iscaused to stop in said initial or rest position, and feed mmor meanshaving driving connection with said drill head and operable subsequentto the termination of said fast advance movement of said drill head toadvance the latter at feeding speed.

2-. A drilling machine according to claim 1, which includes a threadedshaft having fixedly connected thereto said control disc and beingmovable in a stationary thread to thereby cause said disc to move in thelongitudinal direction of said shaft in response to a turning movementof said disc.

3. An electrically controlled drilling machine, particularly fordrilling deep holes, which comprises in combination: a reciprocabledrill head for supporting a drilling tool, driving means having drivingconnection with said drill head for selectively advancing at a fastspeed said drill head toward a workpiece to be drilled or retractingsaid drill head from the drilled bore of said workpiece at a fast speed,a control disc oscillatably journalled in said drill head and normallyoccupying an initial or rest position relative to said drill head, meanseffecting driving connection between said driving means and said controldisc and operable to cause said control disc during said fast retractionmovement of said drill head to turn away from its initial or restposition by an angle corresponding to the total stroke of said fastretraction movemeat to thereby measure said fast retraction stroke, saiddriving connection effecting means also being operable to cause saidcontrol disc to return to its initial or rest position during the fastadvance movement of said drill head following said first mentioned fastretraction movement, said control disc being provided with a cam, saidmotor means having driving connection with said drill head and beingoperable to advance said drill head at feeding speed, and limit switchmeans operable by said cam in said initial or rest position of said discwhereby said fast advance movement of said drill head is terminated andsaid disc is caused to stop in said initial or rest position while saidfeed motor is caused to advance said drill head.

4. An electrically controlled drilling machine, parat a fast speed, acontrol disc oscillatably journalled in said drill head and providedwith a cam, said control disc being operable to measure the retractionstroke of said drill head for removal of bore chips and normallyoccupying a certain rest position relative to said drill head, gearmeans drivingly connected to said motor and said control disc andoperable to cause said control disc during the fast retraction movementof said drill head to turn about its axis away from its initial or restposition and during the subsequent fast advance movement of said drillhead to return to its initial or rest position, a threaded spindle, saidmotor means having driving connection with said spindle, nut meansrotatably journalled on said spindle and carried by said drill head,said nut means also being drivingly connected with said gear means,step-down transmission means drivingly connected with said motor andsaid control disc, and limit switch means operable by said cam inresponse to the return of said disc to said rest position whereby saidfast advance movement is terminated and the feeding movement by saidfeed motor means is initiated.

5. An electrically controlled drilling machine, particularly fordrilling deep holes, which comprises in combination: a reciprocabledrill head for supporting a drilling tool, said drill head beingoperable to move toward and into a workpiece to be drilled and to beretracted from said workpiece for removal of bore chips, a control discoscillatably journalled in said drill head and normally occupying acertain rest position relative to said drill head, said disc beingrotatable about its axis in one direction from said rest position inresponse to the initiation of and for the duration of said chip removalstroke of said drill head, said disc also being operable to return tosaid rest position in response to the readvancing movement of said drillhead subsequent to the termination of said chip removal stroke, firstmotor means drivingly connected to said control disc for effectingturning movement of the latter, second motor means having drivingconnection with said drill head for causing the latter to effect a chipremoval stroke, and means cooperating with said control disc andelectrically connected with said first and said second motors forsubstantially simultaneously effecting a change in the operation of saidfirst motor and of said second motor to make the same eflective, reversethe same and stop the same in accordance with the operation of saidcontrol disc.

6. An electrically controlled drilling machine, particularly fordrilling deep holes, which comprises in combination: a reciprocabledrill head for effecting an advancing stroke and a retraction stroke, adisc turnable about its axis for measuring the retraction stroke of saiddrilling tool during a chip removal stroke of the latter, said discbeing oscillatably journalled in said drill head and normally occupyinga certain rest position relative to said drill head, driving meanshaving driving connection with said drill head for selectively advancingor retracting the same at a fast speed, said driving means including afast speed motor for effecting the chip removal operation, rapidtraverse means for advancing said drill head toward the workpiece to bedrilled prior to the actual drilling operation, electro-magnetic clutchmeans arranged for connection with said driving means and said disc,means operable automatically to effect driving connection between saiddisc and said rapid traverse means through said clutch means during saidchip removal stroke to thereby turn said disc in conformity with thelength of said chip removal stroke of said drill head, means drivinglyconnected to said rapid traverse means and operable to return said discto said rest position during the advance of said drill head following achip removal stroke, and switch means operable by said disc at the endof said last mentioned return movement of said disc for terminating saidrapid traverse advancing stroke and initiating a feeding stroke of saiddrill head.

7. A drilling machine according to claim 6, which includes feeding meansfor feeding a drilling tool carried by said drill head into theworkpiece to be drilled, and which also includes means operable inresponse to the initiation of the chip removal stroke also to make saidfeeding means effective in the direction of retraction of said drillhead.

8. An electrically controlled drilling machine, particularly fordrilling deep holes, which comprises in combination: a reciprocabledrill head for supporting a drilling tool, a rotatable disc operable tomeasure the retraction stroke of said drill head during the chip removalof the latter, said disc being oscillatably journalled in said drillhead and normally occupying a certain rest position relative to saiddrill head, means drivingly interconnecting said disc and said drillhead to cause said disc to turn in one direction by an angleproportional to said retraction stroke and to turn in the oppositedirection by the same angle during the subsequent advancing stroke ofsaid drill head, a motor operatively connected to said drill head forselectively advancing or returning the same at fast speed, feeding meansfor feeding said drilling tool into the workpiece to be drilled, andmeans operable to bring about actuation of said feeding meanssimultaneously with the advancing of said drill head by said motor tothereby reduce the fast advance stroke of said drill head with regard toits preceding fast retraction stroke.

9. An electrically controlled drilling machine, particularly fordrilling deep holes, which comprises in combination: a reciprocabledrill head for supporting a drilling tool, a disc oscillatablyjournalled in said drill head, first cam means carried by said disc, afast speed motor drivingly connected with said drill head and operableto effect a fast retraction stroke of said drill head for causing saiddrilling tool to remove the bore chips from the drilled bore, meansdrivingly connecting said fast speed motor with said disc to rotate thesame from a predetermined first position into a second positioncorresponding to the chip removal stroke of said drill head and back tosaid first position, means operable by said first cam means forstopping-said fast speed motor in response to said disc returning tosaid first position, a feed motor for feeding said drilling tool intothe material to be drilled, second cam means carried by said disc, andmeans operable by said second cam means when said disc has returned toits first position for stopping said feeding means.

10. In an electrically controlled drilling machine, particularly fordrilling deep holes, the combination of: a reciprocable drill head forsupporting a drilling tool, fast speed motor means having a drivingconnection with said drill head for fast movement of said tool towardand fast retraction of said tool from said workpiece to remove the borechips therefrom, a control disc, electrically controlled clutch meansoperable to effect driving connection between said fast speed motormeans and said control disc for turning said control disc in onedirection and the opposite direction from and into a predetermined restposition, and switch means operable in response to predeterminedmovements of said drill head to cause said clutch means to effectdriving connection between said fast speed motor means and said controldisc to move said control disc in one direction by an amountproportional to the length of the withdrawal stroke of said tool fromthe workpiece for removing bore chips from the respective drilled bore,and to move said control disc in the opposite direction back to saidrest position while said drill head is again advanced to said workpiece.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,053,399 Kingsbury Sept. 8, 1936

